# Community

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## [Understanding Julia’s role in businesses](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-julia-s-role-in-businesses/103609)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/understanding-julia-s-role-in-businesses/103609 "2023-09-07T19:04:21Z")

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The question was to be divided into different topics, so here comes. Julia is an expressive language, that is, it is a good tool able to do things, and it is also efficient in computing power usage. All in all, Julia …

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## [JuliaUserGroupMunich: Extra - Best of JuliaCon (online)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliausergroupmunich-extra-best-of-juliacon-online/103147)

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**Author:** [@schlichtanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/schlichtanders)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliausergroupmunich-extra-best-of-juliacon-online/103147 "2023-09-06T09:07:28Z")

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Join me online :spiral\_calendar: Monday 4. September 2023 :clock630: 18:30 CEST organized via meetup Extra: Best of JuliaCon (online) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ Hi there, JuliaCon is over and hundreds of talks took place. I…

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## [What steps should the Julia community take to bring Julia to the next level of popularity?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-steps-should-the-julia-community-take-to-bring-julia-to-the-next-level-of-popularity/101389)

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**Author:** [@xiaoxi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaoxi)\
**Replies:** 568\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-steps-should-the-julia-community-take-to-bring-julia-to-the-next-level-of-popularity/101389 "2023-09-05T12:28:34Z")

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The release of Julia 2.0 could spark additional interest in the Julia community and thus, provide a unique opportunity to promote Julia. What steps should the Julia community take from now until the release of Julia 2.0…

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## [Making progress on my online multiplayer Julia game!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/making-progress-on-my-online-multiplayer-julia-game/103524)

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**Author:** [@Kyjor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kyjor)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/making-progress-on-my-online-multiplayer-julia-game/103524 "2023-09-05T01:08:06Z")

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Hey everyone, I just wanted to give an update on progress on my little networked game using my Julia game engine JulGame.jl. Since the last post, I’ve implemented a few things including: Selecting a name an…

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## [Julia users in Toronto](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-users-in-toronto/103132)

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**Author:** [@Roger-luo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Roger-luo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-users-in-toronto/103132 "2023-09-02T04:42:06Z")

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Hi all, we are thinking to organize a Julia meetup in Toronto in the week of Oct 15th, I’m wondering how many people would be interested? Please give a like or reply if you are interest!

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## [ANALITICA (Puerto Rico) Is Looking for a Webinar Presenter to Present Julia in Spanish](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/analitica-puerto-rico-is-looking-for-a-webinar-presenter-to-present-julia-in-spanish/103455)

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**Author:** [@ahclaster](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ahclaster)\
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**Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/analitica-puerto-rico-is-looking-for-a-webinar-presenter-to-present-julia-in-spanish/103455 "2023-09-01T19:17:07Z")

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ANALITICA is a foundation based in Puerto Rico. One of their goals is to offer Webinars to develop quantitative skills. These Webinars are held every 2nd Thursday at 7:30 pm AST. All Webinars are offered in Spanish as …

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## [Is there Julia Merch?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-julia-merch/103251)

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**Author:** [@JakobThumm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JakobThumm)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-julia-merch/103251 "2023-08-30T07:58:27Z")

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Hi Julianers, my colleague is the biggest Julia Nerd on earth, and I’m wondering if there is any Julia Merchandise, e.g., stickers, that we could put on his doctoral hat :smiley:

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## [Tiny executables with all capabilities. was: PackageCompiler.jl a bad name(?) And why can't modules and scripts not be compiled?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tiny-executables-with-all-capabilities-was-packagecompiler-jl-a-bad-name-and-why-cant-modules-and-scripts-not-be-compiled/103192)

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**Author:** [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/tiny-executables-with-all-capabilities-was-packagecompiler-jl-a-bad-name-and-why-cant-modules-and-scripts-not-be-compiled/103192 "2023-08-27T22:59:19Z")

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People want compiled binary executable for a few reasons, some good, some bad: To distribute just one file, already possible, but it’s not small. It can also be tiny with my idea. To have everything needed in that file…

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## [This month in Julia world - 2023-08](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2023-08/103242)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2023-08/103242 "2023-08-27T18:37:08Z")

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A monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers. A biased, incomplete, editorialized list of what I found interesting this month, with contributions from the community. “Internals” Fora …

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## [Should we make package bundles, test, and document them?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-make-package-bundles-test-and-document-them/102394)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-make-package-bundles-test-and-document-them/102394 "2023-08-27T10:17:29Z")

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I’ve played some Minecraft modpacks and found some insights. First, why does it matter? Because Julia and Minecraft modpacks share many structures, independent modules working together, and the same module in different …

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## [\[Workgroup\] JuliaHealth Meeting -- August 25th, 2023](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workgroup-juliahealth-meeting-august-25th-2023/103085)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workgroup-juliahealth-meeting-august-25th-2023/103085 "2023-08-25T15:27:27Z")

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Hi folks! It has been a while and I am happy to say that this Friday (August 25th, 10 - 11AM EST) will be our first regularly scheduled JuliaHealth monthly meeting since JuliaCon! Some announcements to make: If you w…

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## [R2 in MLJ Machine Learning](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/r2-in-mlj-machine-learning/66310)

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**Author:** [@francesco\_renato\_urd](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/francesco_renato_urd)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/r2-in-mlj-machine-learning/66310 "2023-08-25T15:20:31Z")

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Hello, I am new to Julia and I am trying to use MLJ, for machine learning work, however I see that this library does not have the R2 metric, does anyone know why? Hugs

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## [Where are Julia users who want to meet up?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-are-julia-users-who-want-to-meet-up/6298)

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**Author:** [@jballanc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jballanc)\
**Replies:** 56\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-are-julia-users-who-want-to-meet-up/6298 "2023-08-22T01:35:34Z")

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I thought it might be useful to have a single thread to collect where everyone looking for a potential meet up is located and whether or not they’d be willing to help with organization. So, to kick things off… Locati…

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## [Networking a game made with Julia using Firebase.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/networking-a-game-made-with-julia-using-firebase-jl/102926)

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**Author:** [@Kyjor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kyjor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/networking-a-game-made-with-julia-using-firebase-jl/102926 "2023-08-18T13:14:07Z")

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Hey all, this is my first time creating a post on the forums. I don’t use Julia in the way most people use it here, but if you are interested in games, you might like this. I’ve been creating a game engine using Julia an…

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## [Julia Event Calendar 📅](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-event-calendar/102870)

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**Author:** [@Steven\_Kell](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Steven_Kell)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-event-calendar/102870 "2023-08-16T18:56:52Z")

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The Julia Community has a shared calendar for all upcoming global events. If you are an event organizer, please email us with the details so they can be added to the calendar. The Julia community also has \[local meetups …

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## [JuliaImages Announcements](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaimages-announcements/102869)

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**Author:** [@JuliaImages](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JuliaImages)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliaimages-announcements/102869 "2023-08-16T16:53:24Z")

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JuliaImages: Image Processing and Computer Vision in Julia JuliaImages hosts a collection of powerful image processing tools with a range of useful algorithms written in Julia, a modern and expressive high-level pro…

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## [SymataSyntax.jl: Mathematica syntax for Symata](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symatasyntax-jl-mathematica-syntax-for-symata/759)

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**Author:** [@jlapeyre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jlapeyre)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symatasyntax-jl-mathematica-syntax-for-symata/759 "2023-08-15T22:21:26Z")

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SymataSyntax.jl allows you to use Symtata with Mathematica syntax. At the moment, Mma syntax can be entered in a terminal REPL or read from a file. You need to checkout the latest master branch of Symata.jl, not the …

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## [A categorical speaking indictment - making scientific computing more relevant to the general public](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-categorical-speaking-indictment-making-scientific-computing-more-relevant-to-the-general-public/102702)

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**Author:** [@g2g](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/g2g)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-categorical-speaking-indictment-making-scientific-computing-more-relevant-to-the-general-public/102702 "2023-08-15T18:05:40Z")

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Perhaps a way to increase Julia’s relevance to the general public is by increasing scientific computing’s relevance to the general public. For example, the following diagram generated by Julia and GLMakie is a summary of…

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## [Announcing Glass Notebook - Publish Interactive Pluto Notebooks from GitHub](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-glass-notebook-publish-interactive-pluto-notebooks-from-github/99395)

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**Author:** [@Dale\_James\_Black](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Dale_James_Black)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-glass-notebook-publish-interactive-pluto-notebooks-from-github/99395 "2023-08-15T00:08:42Z")

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@ctrekker and I are excited to announce our new service, Glass Notebook, which we have been working on for the past two years. Glass Notebook is a service that allows users to link any GitHub repository to our site and g…

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## [Workflow challenges with redefining structs (from "Why I still recommend Julia")](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-challenges-with-redefining-structs-from-why-i-still-recommend-julia/83593)

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**Author:** [@sairus7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sairus7)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-challenges-with-redefining-structs-from-why-i-still-recommend-julia/83593 "2023-08-12T17:33:38Z")

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"Hence, the development workflow is to start the process, get a cup of coffee while it loads for the first time and keep the process alive for the rest of the day". – Or take another cup of coffee each time you change s…

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## [Being informed about new registered packages and releases](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/being-informed-about-new-registered-packages-and-releases/30070)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 46\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/being-informed-about-new-registered-packages-and-releases/30070 "2023-08-11T16:57:50Z")

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I like to keep up to date about new Julia packages being registered and new releases of existing ones. I used to just “watch” the Github repo for the registry, but it contains a lot of incidental information and these d…

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## [\[ANN\] AffineMaps.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-affinemaps-jl/100751)

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**Author:** [@oschulz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oschulz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-affinemaps-jl/100751 "2023-08-11T14:29:26Z")

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Just wanted to announce AffineMaps. AffineMaps is a very lightweight package to express affine transforms (A \* x + b, and variants). It provides function objects for add, mul, muladd and addmul. These support InverseFu…

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## [JuliaHEP Workshop 2023 at Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliahep-workshop-2023-at-erlangen-centre-for-astroparticle-physics/102591)

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**Author:** [@tamasgal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tamasgal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliahep-workshop-2023-at-erlangen-centre-for-astroparticle-physics/102591 "2023-08-08T06:28:54Z")

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Hi folks! The first ever Julia HEP Workshop is open for registrations and we are eagerly awaiting your abstracts for talks and tutorials. It will be a four day long hybrid event from 6-9th November 2023 hosted at the E…

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## [Julia enters the TIOBE index top 20 for the first time](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-enters-the-tiobe-index-top-20-for-the-first-time/102558)

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**Author:** [@vinodv79](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vinodv79)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-enters-the-tiobe-index-top-20-for-the-first-time/102558 "2023-08-07T14:35:40Z")

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Julia enters the TIOBE index top 20 for the first time https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/

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## [Spatial Data Science across Languages, Muenster Sept 18+19](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/spatial-data-science-across-languages-muenster-sept-18-19/102484)

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**Author:** [@edzer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/edzer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/spatial-data-science-across-languages-muenster-sept-18-19/102484 "2023-08-04T13:43:11Z")

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Dear all, We are organising a small workshop on “Spatial Data Science across Languages” on Sept 18+19 in Muenster, Germany. The goal is to bring developers and users from R-Spatial, GeoPython and GeoJulia together to di…

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## [This month in Julia world - 2023-07](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2023-07/102276)

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**Author:** [@Krastanov](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Krastanov)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/this-month-in-julia-world-2023-07/102276 "2023-08-03T12:04:49Z")

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A (seemingly?) monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers. A biased, incomplete, editorialized list of what I found interesting this month, with contributions from the community. “Int…

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## [Blog post: Free AI Tools for Coding in Julia - Disappointing Results](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blog-post-free-ai-tools-for-coding-in-julia-disappointing-results/102374)

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**Author:** [@alfaromartino](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alfaromartino)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blog-post-free-ai-tools-for-coding-in-julia-disappointing-results/102374 "2023-08-01T21:40:36Z")

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I wrote a blog post about the usefulness of AI chatbots for coding in Julia. It considers ChatGPT-4 (through Phind), ChatGPT3.5, Claude-2, Bard, and LLaMA2-70b. Overall, the conclusion is that AI tools perform worse rel…

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## [Write documentation PRs not blog posts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/write-documentation-prs-not-blog-posts/100942)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Replies:** 36\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/write-documentation-prs-not-blog-posts/100942 "2023-07-30T03:03:52Z")

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I will start by saying I have read many useful blog posts and course notes that have been linked on this forum, and I greatly appreciate the effort that goes into making them. The problem is they are not discoverable. It…

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## [Mirroring Slack channels to Zulip](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mirroring-slack-channels-to-zulip/63804)

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**Author:** [@rht](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rht)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mirroring-slack-channels-to-zulip/63804 "2023-07-27T19:21:41Z")

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Clojurians have been mirroring at least 60 of their Slack channels to their Zulip instance since 2019: \[ANN\] searchable Slack-archive - Community Building - ClojureVerse. They wanted to make the Slack archive searchable,…

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## [\[ANN\] Julia + FastAI for Deep Learning Study Group](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-fastai-for-deep-learning-study-group/101753)

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**Author:** [@cpfiffer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cpfiffer)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-fastai-for-deep-learning-study-group/101753 "2023-07-26T18:30:31Z")

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Hey folks! I wanted to announce to y’all that I’m heading up a study group to apply Julia to the fantastic deep learning course at fast.ai. We’re going to be following along with the book and implementing things in Juli…

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